Nintendo NX confirmed

Nintendo have confirmed the worst kept console secret of all time – the Nintendo NX is a thing.

This enormous Mario will devour us all!

At a financial results briefing yesterday, Nintendo announced that the NX will arrive in March 2017. We won’t get to see it at E3 as all of the attention reserved for the upcoming new game in the Zelda series.

There’s also news on Zelda. It will now be released to coincide with the arrival of the NX. So the game will now be a launch title for the new console and will also get a simultaneous release on the Wii U in March 2017.

Launching the new hardware with a premium launch title is a smart move, and will likely produce some sexy initial sales.

A patent for a new controller has also been filed, with many speculating it to be used in conjunction with keep fit software.

Nintendo have also confirmed that both Fire Emblem and Animal Crossing will be launch titles on mobile devices.

The two new titles will reportedly arrive on smartphones some time in the Autumn, with four other new titles targeted for launch by March next year.

I’ll never be annoyed I bought a Wii U. Got it on launch day and I’ve been enjoying it ever since. It’s got one of the best videogame libraries ever. I traded in my 360, PS3 and all of the games to get all of the Wii U games I still wanted. That was before Christmas and I’m still working through them. Xenoblade Chronicles X is amazing and Bayonetta 2 stands alongside Shadow of the Colossus, Final Fantasy VII, Half-Life and Super Mario Galaxy as one of my favourite games of all time. I’d still recommend people buy a Wii U. Plenty of unbelievable games.

As someone who bought a dreamcast back in the day, I sympathise with wii u owners.
Am looking forward to seeing the new console though, will watch it for about a year and see how it goes games wise before buying it.